Afternoon Lizards. How's everyone?

It's beautiful.

Don't tap on the glass

WTO to rule on Boeing, Airbus' epic trade dispute

Boeing and Airbus expect to find out Friday who won the first round in their epic trade dispute, when the World Trade Organization rules on a five-year-old U.S. complaint that argues European governments unfairly financed Airbus' climb to world No. 1 planemaker.

The ruling could pressure Europe to rethink how it funds a strategic company that employs 52,000 people and provides work for numerous suppliers. It could also affect competition for a $35 billion U.S. Air Force contract for air tankers.

The United States hopes the trade body will condemn the European Union, representing Britain, France, Germany and Spain, for providing what it calls illegal subsidies that give Airbus, based in Toulouse, France, an advantage in a market worth $3 trillion over the next two decades.

For its part, the 27-nation EU believes a verdict in its favor would shift the focus back onto what it considers the backdoor funding that NASA and the U.S. Defense Department provide to Boeing. That complaint from the EU will be the subject of a second ruling expected in six months.

So many lawyers

This is kind of interesting.

re: #5 Shug

So many lawyers

Not enough guns?

I KID I KID

If Tom Cruise comes along and slaps a wad of gum on that glass...look out.

Those look like Whale Sharks at the beginning. Pretty incredible.

re: #3 Shug

Don't tap on the glass

The world's largest aquarium window, it measures a staggering 8.2 metres (27 feet) by 22.5 (74 feet) metres and is more than 60cm (2 feet) thick

Read more:

Any body got any fishing gear?

Someone mentioned Hanlon's razor earlier, went the Wikipedia and found this cool list.

re: #4 jcm

WTO to rule on Boeing, Airbus' epic trade dispute

One of the fish in the beginning of the video look like a fricken airplane.

re: #11 jcm

Any body got any fishing gear?

I live in Florida. No.

re: #12 Izzyboy

Gah, "went to Wikipedia"

If you bait your hook with your heart, you'll die

What? No wheel of fish?

re: #6 UFO TOFU

This is kind of interesting.

Fascinating! I looked at those "before" photos and wondered how many of those soldiers made it home after the war?

I thought all the fish were dead from floating oriental plastic jetsam?

re: #5 Shug

So many lawyers

What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea?

. re: #20 96RoadKing
A good start.
. .

re: #6 UFO TOFU

This is kind of interesting.

Absolutely cool!

You could take pictures of Detroit "then and now" which would look exactly the reverse of the pictures of Normandy.

Incredible video.

Those aquariums are fantastic.

re: #19 pat

I thought all the fish were dead from floating oriental plastic jetsam?

That's right, Pat. We've got fish in a tank, so no need to worry about a floating dump twice the size of Texas.

re: #1 midwestgak

Afternoon Lizards. How's everyone?

I'll get back to you on that. Our two local fires were put out this morning, now it's raining.

re: #20 96RoadKing

What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea?

Nice try.

re: #18 Bobblehead

Fascinating! I looked at those "before" photos and wondered how many of those soldiers made it home after the war?

Not enough...God bless them!

Which ones are the Sea kittens, or are they all sea Kittenns?

surprise surprise surprise

" lgfrefugee " has just shown up on the stalker blog

Asked this question once already, so now I'll throw it out to Lizards as a whole: Has anyone worked with Russian charoite?

Anyone have updates on the lizards in the fire zone?

re: #28 opnion

Which ones are the Sea kittens, or are they all sea Kittenns?

I thought I saw a tiger shark.

Here, kitteh, kitteh, kitteh.

re: #30 EmmmieG

Asked this question once already, so now I'll throw it out to Lizards as a whole: Has anyone worked with Russian charoite?

How do you mean? Work is as in cut, grind and polish?

re: #25 UFO TOFU

I'll get back to you on that. Our two local fires were put out this morning, now it's raining.

Good. No? The rainy season doesn't kick in until January. So mud slides aren't in the immediate future.

You are on the front lines. What do you see coming?

re: #30 EmmmieG

Asked this question once already, so now I'll throw it out to Lizards as a whole: Has anyone worked with Russian charoite?

No, but I once donated to a Russian charity.

re: #29 Shug
Dude, I'm bummed. Tons of old lizards at AoSHQ.

re: #33 Walter L. Newton

How do you mean? Work is as in cut, grind and polish?

I only saw it recently. Work with meant design any jewelry with at all. I'm trying to decide if I want to acquire some.

I keep an aquarium at home. Lotsa fish.
Gouramis, Harlequin Raspboras, Cherry Barbs, a Red-Tail Shark, multiple Corydoras, a few Platies, a Swordtail, and one rather large Plecostomus named Al Pacino.

I can't see the video, is Killgore in there?

re: #34 midwestgak

I'm at the little fires, the Oak Glen and the Pendleton. The last smoke that I saw was an hour ago; I think were done.

re: #29 Shug

surprise surprise surprise

" lgfrefugee " has just shown up on the stalker blog

Oh, no.
If I ever say anything banworthy, I can guarantee I will never show up at that place. Never.

re: #39 CyanSnowHawk

I can't see the video, is Killgore in there?

Now I wish I shad stayed off this thread.

re: #38 Yashmak
Are those salt water or fresh? I don't know a thing about fish except the tasty ones.

re: #43 snowcrash

Are those salt water or fresh? I don't know a thing about fish except the tasty ones.

Fresh.
All sharks are fresh water fish.

Fish? Why can't I just eat my waffle?

re: #42 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Now I wish I shad stayed off this thread.

Oh, I'm just here for the halibut.

re: #46 EmmmieG

Oh, I'm just here for the halibut.

Piker

re: #44 pre-Boomer Marine brat
No. I was talking about Yashmaks home aquarium. silly boomer!

I'm really not clear on this whole anti-LGF stalker blog concept.

If I quit the Catholic Church, would I go and join the LaVeyans?

(I had a real live British LaVeyan go after me on Facebook last week. A friend of a friend, with exactly one friend, i.e. my friend. A nearly friendless person. Shocka. I took issue with his characterization of America's current president as someone who makes Hitler look like a Boy Scout. He quickly accused me of intolerance, informed me that the common image of Satan is a Christian construct - never mind his predating Christianity by millennia - and then went off in a huff. Called himself Asmodeus, and specialized in pix with a scary glare. I nearly died laughing...)

re: #48 buzzsawmonkey
State fish of Massachusetts.

re: #46 EmmmieG

Oh, I'm just here for the halibut.

I love listening to a tuna something while watching fish swim about.

sushi on the hoof

re: #52 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I love listening to a tuna something while watching fish swim about.

If you can't tune a piano, you can't tuna fish.

re: #49 snowcrash

No. I was talking about Yashmaks home aquarium. silly boomer!

*grin*
Facts?
We don't need no stinkin' FACTS in here!

/sorry ... )-:

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Says 'Hate Speech' Law Unconstitutional

Mount Vernon (WA) to award Glenn Beck key to city

The mayor of Mount Vernon has made it official. Mayor Bud Norris says he will give the key to his city to conservative talk show host Glenn Beck on September 26.

Norris says Beck will deliver a short talk that night and become the first person to receive a key to the city in the six years Norris has been mayor.

Protesters from the Skagit County Young Democrats walked outside city hall Tuesday with protest signs, one reading "Change the locks!"

Wow. Freak'n Awesome. Thank you Charles.

I've been a diver for 20 years and have been lucky enough to dive some really amazing sites, but I really hope aquariums like these continue to inspire more people to "get wet"

Prior to this, the two best Aquariums I've seen is the Outer Bay exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium and (believe it or not), the aquarium collection at the Royal Towers at the Atlantis Resort.

re: #48 buzzsawmonkey

Raise your hand if you believe in cod.

Walleye'd had no idea this would be a fish pun thread

More on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling

re: #49 snowcrash

No. I was talking about Yashmaks home aquarium. silly boomer!

Don't ask pBMb 'bout water, he don't know you can't make coffee with salt water.

re: #57 jcm

Beck needs another butt operation. This time they should remove his head while they're there.

re: #57 jcm

Mount Vernon (WA) to award Glenn Beck key to city

LOL!
I have to agree with the Y.D.s on that one.

re: #44 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Fresh.
All sharks are fresh water fish.

I don't think that's true. Are you saying the Pacific Ocean is fresh water?

re: #65 buzzsawmonkey

Makes you feel kinda crappie after a while.

Your puns are starting to flounder..

re: #68 buzzsawmonkey

We will scale the heights yet.

You're making me blue :(

re: #37 EmmmieG

I only saw it recently. Work with meant design any jewelry with at all. I'm trying to decide if I want to acquire some.

If you want to cut, grind and polish it, it won't be a problem. It's a Mohr 5-6, the same as Opal and most Turquoise. Don't dop it, I would turn it by hand, take your time, like Opal, it can shatter. 4 wheels should do it, careful at the 180 grit that you don't carve away more than you want.

By the way, use diamond coated wheels only, get the best effect on this softer material. You may find a more satiny finish on some pieces, depending on the quality.

re: #66 midwestgak

I don't think that's true. Are you saying the Pacific Ocean is fresh water?

*chuckle*
That was merely silliness, yankin' snowcrash's chain.

re: #66 midwestgak
We were playing. I'm not that gullible.lol

re: #44 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Fresh.
All sharks are fresh water fish.

I have never heard of a shark attack in the Great Lakes.

re: #63 Diego

Beck needs another butt operation. This time they should remove his head while they're there.

Only time will tell.

Somethin' Fishy 'bout them thar Sea Kittens

re: #71 pre-Boomer Marine brat
6 seconds. ha

re: #72 snowcrash

We were playing. I'm not that gullible.lol

Got it. You were just being fresh./

re: #74 Walter L. Newton

You sure are a master baiter

Allahpundit linked to my Freak-Out of the Day post -- and his commenters proceeded to viciously attack both me and him, some of them calling for AP to be thrown off Hot Air.

re: #71 pre-Boomer Marine brat

re: #72 snowcrash

Wow, you guys came in within four seconds of each other.

re: #73 Alouette

I have never heard of a shark attack in the Great Lakes.

One swallowed the Edmund Fitzgerald.

re: #70 Walter L. Newton

Thanks. It's just so...purple...

re: #66 midwestgak

I don't think that's true. Are you saying the Pacific Ocean is fresh water?

I'm pretty sure he only meant the Pacific Ocean is fresh water on odd days of the week. Except during jumpyears. :)

Never mind, I wish I could count.

re: #81 jcm

One swallowed the Edmund Fitzgerald.

So "Gitchee-Gummee" is the Chippewa word for "Great White Man Eater"

Kid's Fishy Sayings: a collection

1) This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. (Kelly, age 6)

2) Oysters' balls are called pearls. (Jerry, age 6)

3) If you are surrounded by ocean, you are an island. If you don't have ocean all round you, you are incontinent. ( Wayne , age 7)

4) Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She's not my friend any more. (Kylie, age 6)

5) A dolphin breaths through an asshole on the top of its head. (Billy, age 8)

6) My uncle goes out in his boat with 2 other men and a woman and pots and comes back with crabs. (Millie, age 6)

7) When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes when the wind didn't blow the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would have been better off eating beans. (William, age 7)

8) Mermaids live in the ocean. I like mermaids. They are beautiful and I like their shiny tails, but how on earth do mermaids get pregnant? Like, really? (Helen, age 6)

9) I'm not going to write about the ocean. My baby brother is always crying, my Dad keeps yelling at my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can't think what to write. (Amy, age 6)

10) Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers. (Christopher, age 7)

11) When you go swimming in the ocean, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small. (Kevin, age 6)

12) Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Divers can't go down alone, so they have to go down on each other. (Becky, age 8)

13) On vacation my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast. She says she won't do it again because water fired right up her big fat ass. (Julie, age 7)

14) The ocean is made up of water and fish. Why the fish don't drown I don't know. (Bobby, age 6)

15) My dad was a sailor on the ocean. He knows all about the ocean. What he doesn't know is why he quit being a sailor and married my mom.
(James, age 7)

I have a dramatic announcement.
I am going to the theater.

re: #43 snowcrash

Are those salt water or fresh? I don't know a thing about fish except the tasty ones.

They're freshwater. Apparently, some people who try to keep fish also don't know a thing about them, exhibit A being my acquaintance Russ, who after watching Finding Nemo ran out and bought some clownfish for his freshwater tank.

Our mutual friend Dave had just the right tone, when after the poor fish died, he asked "You do realize that Finding Nemo happens in THE OCEAN, right?"

re: #83 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

I'm pretty sure he only meant the Pacific Ocean is fresh water on odd days of the week. Except during jumpyears. :)

heh

re: #79 Charles

AP's always sorta been an odd fit on there.

re: #85 Alouette

So "Gitchee-Gummee" is the Chippewa word for "Great White Man Eater"

Who ya' gonna' believe me, or some folk singer?

;-P

re: #79 Charles

Allahpundit linked to my Freak-Out of the Day post -- and his commenters proceeded to viciously attack both me and him, some of them calling for AP to be thrown off Hot Air.

Not surprising. A lot of Hot Air readers/viewers are Malkinites, and those folks have been growing ever-angrier since about mid last year. Now, anything said in their presence that even hints at criticism of Beck, or a pro-choice stance, or criticism of Michele Bachman, or what-have-you, is greeted with a torrent of abuse and name-calling.

re: #80 UFO TOFU

re: #72 snowcrash

Wow, you guys came in within four seconds of each other.

We wave as we surf, and then kelp going.
We can't sand it really, but the Internet's a beach.

re: #92 buzzsawmonkey

I am impressed by your lapidary expertise, Walter.

His lapidary prose ain't bad, either.

re: #84 UFO TOFU
Knew what you meant, no biggie. (hint use the fingers, I do)

re: #73 Alouette

I have never heard of a shark attack in the Great Lakes.

Sharks actually can exist in fresh water but they prefer salt water.
Bull Sharks have been caught as far up river as Memphis.

re: #53 yochanan

sushi on the hoof

On the fin, dude.

re: #79 Charles

Allahpundit linked to my Freak-Out of the Day post -- and his commenters proceeded to viciously attack both me and him, some of them calling for AP to be thrown off Hot Air.

"can't we all just giddy up?"

re: #79 Charles

Allahpundit linked to my Freak-Out of the Day post -- and his commenters proceeded to viciously attack both me and him, some of them calling for AP to be thrown off Hot Air.

I went looking and couldn't find it.
Those commenters there are impossible to deal with. I tried once, for a few posts, and finally quit. Just impossible.

re: #92 buzzsawmonkey

I am impressed by your lapidary expertise, Walter.

I clip and pasted that from "The COmplete Idiots Guide to Scraping Off Fingers When Refusing To Use Dop Sticks."
//

re: #97 opnion

Sharks actually can exist in fresh water but they prefer salt water.
Bull Sharks have been caught as far up river as Memphis.

Damn! I did not know that!
Thanks.

re: #53 yochanan

sushi on the hoof

Steak Tartar?

re: #93 Yashmak

Not surprising. A lot of Hot Air readers/viewers are Malkinites, and those folks have been growing ever-angrier since about mid last year. Now, anything said in their presence that even hints at criticism of Beck, or a pro-choice stance, or criticism of Michele Bachman, or what-have-you, is greeted with a torrent of abuse and name-calling.

Not surprising. Earlier today I said (here) that I think Malkin is a nut and you'd have thought I'd said conservatives are all child molesters who beat their wives. I was even told to back up my opinion of her with fact lol

re: #85 Alouette

So "Gitchee-Gummee" is the Chippewa word for "Great White Man Eater"

Rocky Horror Callback: Get your own damned goomie!

And the Rocky Horror Picture Show is returning to the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis!

After a long, long wait, Transvestite Soup

has finally found a home! After more than 10 years away from the
Uptown Theatre, we're returning with a vengeance to show you just how
pent up we are.

Come and get way, way down with us real horrorshow-like as we show
all you lovely freaks just how much we missed you.

Shows are October 30th and 31st at Midnight at the Uptown Theatre

(2906 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis). Tickets are $9 and include all
the gender-bending, fishnet-wearing, transvestite-loving fun you've
come to expect. Now with added glitter!

Please visit our website for more information:

[Link: www.transvestitesoup.org...]

re: #100 reine.de.tout

I went looking and couldn't find it.

It's here.

Quote:

Does Mr. Johnson have children?

Cindy Munford on September 2, 2009 at 5:30 PM

Na. Homosexual couples can’t reproduce, fortunately.

2Brave2Bscared on September 2, 2009 at 5:31 PM

Classy!

re: #103 jcm

Steak Tartar?

I thought cannibalism was illegal.

re: #92 buzzsawmonkey

I am impressed by your lapidary expertise, Walter.

Actually I worked stone up to about 5 years ago, when my ex-wife asked me to live somewhere a little closer to anywhere that wasn't near her.

So, I moved into a small apartment in Golden (as most Lizards know) and I had to sell my wheels, saw and drill, since working stone in a 500 sqft apartment is nearly dangerous (dust and stuff).

Now that I am with my girlfriend up in the mountains, I have plenty of room to set up a shop, just waiting to get some money to buy new equipment.

As you know, I don't make 82 thousand a year anymore. More like about 9 thousand, I just got my pay cut at the theatre by 60 percent. Obama's get economy.

re: #107 Charles

Wow, do you ever ask yourself if having a blog is worth it?

re: #79 Charles

Allahpundit linked to my Freak-Out of the Day post -- and his commenters proceeded to viciously attack both me and him, some of them calling for AP to be thrown off Hot Air.

I see AP mentions that Obama's presentation will only be 20 minutes. I was thinking it might be around 1 hour. That makes the hysterical over-reaction (or freak-out) we've been seeing all the more pathetic.

I am having major problems accessing LGF. All other sites I visit seem to load normal. The hamsters are working themselves into a frenzy at this end of the intertubes.

re: #107 Charles

Quote:

Classy!

OMG!
/... then ... *spit*

re: #107 Charles
Calling people gay is the epitome of internet wit dontcha know

re: #109 buzzsawmonkey

Kind of sad that these folks don't even know the name of their own show. "The Rocky Horror Show" was the name of the stage production. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is the name of the movie.

I produced that in 1995 in Denver. First regional production of the stage show. Very expensive weekly royalties. At that time, it was available for stock productions only, so 1 grand a week or 10 percent of the gate, what ever was more.

re: #109 buzzsawmonkey

Kind of sad that these folks don't even know the name of their own show. "The Rocky Horror Show" was the name of the stage production. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is the name of the movie.

I asked for TRHPS at a video store. The kid told me to look in the "horror" section.

re: #113 callahan23

The hamsters are working themselves into a frenzy at this end of the intertubes.

Can you actually see them Rhine their little hearts out?

re: #118 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Can you actually see them Rhine their little hearts out?

That Mosel's my attention.

re: #113 callahan23
Glad you got through. Hi Cal! My computer problems occur when the threads get to about 1100 comments.

re: #117 AuntAcid

I asked for TRHPS at a video store. The kid told me to look in the "horror" section.

It's in the romance section.

Cindy Munford's brain
It's a single celled organ
She's an amoeba

re: #119 callahan23

That Mosel's my attention.

Heh, I posted that just for the Elbe of it.

re: #104 Diego

Not surprising. Earlier today I said (here) that I think Malkin is a nut and you'd have thought I'd said conservatives are all child molesters who beat their wives. I was even told to back up my opinion of her with fact lol

Well, to be honest, while I disagree with her on the way she spins some items, she rarely says anything that's totally off the deep end. Some of the people she links to, or supports (i.e. Bachman & Beck) are a bit out there. . . it's her commentors who are rather abusive.

What really amazes me, is she has a couple of dedicated liberal commentors who weather the abuse there daily, and have for months upon months. They must enjoy getting a rise out of the folks there, or I don't know why they'd put up with it. . .

LMAO...
Sick of the snoops?
[Link: www.theonion.com...]

re: #123 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Don't be Volga.

re: #124 Yashmak

Personally, I couldn't take it. I find it difficult enough here! :P

re: #109 buzzsawmonkey

Kind of sad that these folks don't even know the name of their own show. "The Rocky Horror Show" was the name of the stage production. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is the name of the movie.

You're not getting it. Are you?

It's not a proper stage production. It's a screening of the film with a bunch of amateurs acting out the parts on the stage in front of the screen.

Think of it as visual karaoke.

re: #126 snowcrash

Well, don't Bug me.

re: #126 snowcrash

Don't be Volga.

(*protesting*) Boat, man, I can't help it!

re: #123 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Heh, I posted that just for the Elbe of it.

Donau about that. But Main concern is the slow Weser.

re: #107 Charles

Quote:

Classy!

NTTAWWT

You can borrow some of my grandkids if you feel the need. I have babies to spare.

re: #118 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Can you actually see them Rhine their little hearts out?

Po little things.

re: #120 snowcrash

Glad you got through. Hi Cal! My computer problems occur when the threads get to about 1100 comments.

Hi {snowcrash}, the connection seems back to normal.
Hopefully !

re: #104 Diego

Not surprising. Earlier today I said (here) that I think Malkin is a nut and you'd have thought I'd said conservatives are all child molesters who beat their wives. I was even told to back up my opinion of her with fact lol

Yea, I know. Laughing out loud right now. It's really strange how people on this blog will assume that if you have an opinion, that you will have some facts to back up your opinion.

Especially if you come along and suggest that you want a conversation. I mean, really, hehehehehe... what did they expect me to do, really mean it when I said that?

Funny how that works. You know what I tell them? I tell them to stop raging and whining and quibbling. Works every time.

The late great Rick James once said "Cocaine is A Helluva Drug"
If you need proof, watch Whitney Houston's "comeback" concert.

Gorgeous video.

Swedish dad in bid for breast milk

Swedish father Ragnar Bengtsson, 26, has entered into an experiment that he hopes will help him breastfeed his future children.

"Anything that doesn't do any harm is worth trying out. And if it works it could prove very important for men's ability to get much closer to their children at an early stage," Bengtsson told The Local.

His efforts are to be documented by Swedish TV8, with the first instalment scheduled to air at 9pm on Wednesday on the Aschberg show. Bengtsson also maintains a blog on the station's website, the title of which translates as: 'The Milkman - One Drop at a Time'.

/WTF?

re: #140 Killian Bundy

Boy! Just think of the stretch marks! :O

re: #140 Killian Bundy

Swedish dad in bid for breast milk

/WTF?

Major WTF-moment.

/That must tickle like hell!

BTW:
Spanish paper calls Holocaust denier Irving 'expert' on WWII
'El Monde' article will appear a day after interview with Yad Vashem chairman; Sweden's 'Aftonbladet' organ-snatching story wins praise from Syria.

Source: jpost

re: #140 Killian Bundy

Swedish dad in bid for breast milk

/WTF?

Surely it's for titillation only.

re: #132 buzzsawmonkey

I went to a couple of midnight showings of the film, back when that was a cultural phenomenon.

It was interesting to see how the film was a sex-surrogate for a number of kids on the cusp of experimentation. Interestingly, while some few of the boys would dress in drag as one of the female characters, it was very rare to see one who would dress as the bisexual character Frank N Furter; those wearing that costume were usually women. It seemed that while it was "OK" to engage in outright cross-dressing, as a goof, dressing as the one male character who overtly liked other males was too threatening.

And of course, now, it's nothing, everyone wants to do Frank at the movie (slash) play acting midnight showings.

My Frank, in the stage show, was the assistant dance captain of the original Broadway production of "A Chorus Line" and he was also the dance captain for many incarnations of the years and years of road shows and revivals.

For a matter of fact, I think he's on the current revival tour that was out a few years ago.

re: #140 Killian Bundy

Man, I just cannot bring myself to click on that link.

re: #131 callahan23

Donau about that. But Main concern is the slow Weser.

I'm about to exhaust my knowledge of European rivers, so at these Thames, I wanna beg for Mersey.

/I'm just Seine

re: #146 UFO TOFU

Man, I just cannot bring myself to click on that link.

/yeah, there's a picture

Good grief. It's been one hate mail after another today. Seven so far.

re: #143 Joshua Cohen

BTW:
Spanish paper calls Holocaust denier Irving 'expert' on WWII

The sad truth is he was an expert on the subject, then he went over to the dark side.

re: #149 Charles

You should post them, it'd be entertaining.

re: #140 Killian Bundy

Swedish dad in bid for breast milk

/WTF?

There is an old rabbinic tale about a man whose wife passed away, and he prayed for a miracle to keep their baby from starving. His prayer was answered and he grew breasts to suckle the baby. The rabbis argued: He must have been a great saint in order for such a miracle to happen to him! Others said: He must have been a great sinner in order to be turned into a freak, a saint would have found a job or received money to hire a wet nurse.

re: #117 AuntAcid

I asked for TRHPS at a video store. The kid told me to look in the "horror" section.

I mentioned to the manager of the Pizza Hut I used to work at the that I was going to the RHPS and he start talking to me about real horror movies. I had to repeatedly explain to him that I avoid such films.

re: #148 Killian Bundy
Weird.

re: #147 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I'm about to exhaust my knowledge of European rivers, so at these Thames, I wanna beg for Mersey.

/I'm just Seine

You've hit a Waal, have you?

re: #147 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I'm about to exhaust my knowledge of European rivers, so at these Thames, I wanna beg for Mersey.

/I'm just Seine

Just Rhone with it.

re: #121 Walter L. Newton

It's in the romance section.

Where did they put Shock Treatment?

re: #155 calcajun

You've hit a Waal, have you?

Maas't have.

re: #157 The Other Les

Where did they put Shock Treatment?

Thriller? :P

re: #157 The Other Les

Where did they put Shock Treatment?

Educational material. (by the way, a really bad movie. not even "good" bad, just "bad" bad)

Former Rep. Traficant Leaves Prison After Seven Years

James A. Traficant, the Ohio Democrat who was expelled from Congress after being found guilty of bribery and racketeering, walked out of prison in Minnesota on Wednesday, after serving seven years behind bars.

Traficant, 68, an eccentric former sheriff, hailed a taxi and did not answer reporters' questions as he left the prison alone. He wore a T-shirt, shorts and knee-high white socks and carried some of his belongings in a plastic bag.

/Hannity's booking agent is probably calling

re: #158 callahan23

Maas't have.

Coming up with these puns Rapido, eh?

Yea I saw this shot a while back. It really is gorgeous.

re: #153 The Other Les

I mentioned to the manager of the Pizza Hut I used to work at the that I was going to the RHPS and he start talking to me about real horror movies. I had to repeatedly explain to him that I avoid such films.

Really? I avoid:

Getting lost while hiking while scantily clad...
Checking out noises in the basement/attic/shed with a candle (in the 21st century?)...
Deciding it would be fun to camp in an abandoned house which was once the site of some grisly murders...
Doing anything in a cemetary at night...
Anyplace with large, ugly men with masks on who run 70mph...

And someone remembers the Russian ship that was missing and then found?

The newest rumor is that the Israelis are the masterminds behind the whole story...

Yeah sure - we can not build our own rockets...

re: #149 Charles

Where do they come from? Not from lizards?(please?)
Is this fallout from being linked? If so, I can only imagine the nut cases that will end up writing, because who knows what weird sites end up with the original post...

re: #165 Joshua Cohen

And someone remembers the Russian ship that was missing and then found?

The newest rumor is that the Israelis are the masterminds behind the whole story...

Yeah sure - we can not build our own rockets...

Of course Israelis are behind it. Gotta give the Templars a break some time.

re: #161 Killian Bundy

Former Rep. Traficant Leaves Prison After Seven Years

Czar material?

re: #167 EmmmieG

Of course Israelis are behind it. Gotta give the Templars a break some time.

and the Trilateralists and Bilderbergs are vacationing together.

re: #165 Joshua Cohen

And someone remembers the Russian ship that was missing and then found?

The newest rumor is that the Israelis are the masterminds behind the whole story...

Yeah sure - we can not build our own rockets...

But you do make a mean corned beef sammich!

//

re: #132 buzzsawmonkey

After an eleven hour workday where I had to deliver pizza under the worst weather conditions that I've ever worked under. I had to tell the shift manager (an idiot) that I could no longer safely operate a motor vehicle. (the idiot wanted me to continue to make deliveries) My landlady drove me to the theater for that night's showing of RHPS. I caught myself singing along with Frank, off key.

re: #104 Diego

Not surprising. Earlier today I said (here) that I think Malkin is a nut and you'd have thought I'd said conservatives are all child molesters who beat their wives. I was even told to back up my opinion of her with fact lol

Diego - my recollection of that incident is that it started here, when you claimed Obama had nothing to do with the Brazil offshore drilling deal, that it was a "wing-nut" misconception. Somebody linked to a story Malkin had about it, you dismissed the story because it was at Malkin's blog, but the story is NOT untrue, the administration was involved in the Brazil offshore drilling thing.

People were upset at you dismissing the veracity of the story, not because you dissed Malkin. Lots of folks here, myself included, aren't real fond of Malkin.

re: #164 EmmmieG

Really? I avoid:

Getting lost while hiking while scantily clad...
Checking out noises in the basement/attic/shed with a candle (in the 21st century?)...
Deciding it would be fun to camp in an abandoned house which was once the site of some grisly murders...
Doing anything in a cemetary at night...
Anyplace with large, ugly men with masks on who run 70mph WITH CHAINSAWS FOR HANDS...

FTFY

re: #167 EmmmieG

Of course Israelis are behind it. Gotta give the Templars a break some time.

And the last visit by an Israeli official to Russia was to pay them to keep silence about it...

With all the American taxpayer and German guilt money...

re: #136 buzzsawmonkey

I got the impression from the website that it was an actual troupe doing a production of the stage show, not the screening/dressup phenomenon.

My error.

Okay.

They probably could do it for real.

re: #172 reine.de.tout

you dismissed the story because it was at Malkin's blog

I didn't actually, I just dismissed Malkin. I said I was thinking about a different issue.

re: #164 EmmmieG

Really? I avoid:
Getting lost while hiking while scantily clad...

I can, um, help keep you from getting lost when you're so inclined!

Later folks.

re: #175 buzzsawmonkey

re: #164 EmmmieG

There are a number of very good horror movies, most of them older. The advent of the slasher film--Halloween was one of the first--which are basically grisly slicefests in which it is a guarantee that anyone who has sex is brutally punished ruined the genre.

What category would you put Hitchcock in?

IMO, the MSM's smearing of Sarah Palin is directly proportional to their fear of her. Read the latest bizarre hitjob from AP. Also hearsay, vicious gossip.

Levi Johnston: Palin wanted to adopt grandchild

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandchild, said the former Republican vice presidential candidate wanted to adopt his child so that people wouldn't know her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Johnston said Palin had a plan to deal with Bristol's pregnancy.
"Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging — she wouldn't give it up. She would say, 'So, are you gonna let me adopt him?' We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn't want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid," Johnston told the magazine for its October edition, which goes on sale Saturday. Excerpts of the interview were posted Wednesday on the magazine's Web site.
Meghan Stapleton, Palin's spokeswoman, did not immediately respond to request for comment, but has previously discounted Johnston's allegations. Palin has been keeping a low profile since she resigned on July 26 with more than a year left in her first term.
A week after Republican presidential candidate John McCain named Palin as his running mate, the campaign issued a statement that her unwed daughter was pregnant. It also said Bristol, now 18, and the young man would marry.
Johnston, 19, lived in the house for two months awaiting the birth of the baby, Tripp, who was born in December. The couple called off the wedding shortly after their son's birth.

Since then, Johnston has complained in national interviews that the Palins limited his access to the boy. He's also said he's pursuing a career as an actor or model.
Johnston said the Palin home in Wasilla was not what most people would think.
"The Palin house was much different from what many people expect of a normal family, even before she was nominated for vice president. There wasn't much parenting in that house. Sarah doesn't cook, Todd doesn't cook — the kids would do it all themselves," Johnson told Vanity Fair.
Palin has four other children. The youngest, Trig, is 1 year old.
Johnston also repeated claims that Palin said she wanted to quit and write a book or host a TV show.
When Palin returned to Alaska following McCain's unsuccessful run for president, she was different, Johnston said.

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

re: #149 Charles

Good grief. It's been one hate mail after another today. Seven so far.

Relex. Do the Time Warp again.

re: #79 Charles

Allahpundit linked to my Freak-Out of the Day post -- and his commenters proceeded to viciously attack both me and him, some of them calling for AP to be thrown off Hot Air.

I don't understand people who want to hang out at a blog where they hold the blog owner in such contempt.

re: #179 EmmmieG

What category would you put Hitchcock in?

Suspense and dramatic thrillers. Not true horror.

re: #159 Diego

Thriller? :P

Sort of a sequel to RHPS.

re: #184 calcajun

Suspense and dramatic thrillers. Not true horror.

Very good. Thriller. I couldn't come up with the word, but I knew it wasn't horror. I suppose classic horror would be Vincent Price?

re: #40 UFO TOFU

Oh, I hope your fires are done!
PBJ is near the Station Fire, but safe as of early this AM. Full containment not expected until 9/15 at the earliest. It sounds like they're going to be able to save Mt. Wilson's observatory & antennas too!

re: #186 buzzsawmonkey

Suspense/horror. Frenzy is a terrifying film, though it has almost no blood in it. The people who really knew how to do horror did not need buckets of stage blood; they knew how to get inside your mind.

The movie "The Innocents" still gives me the creeps.

And the sad thing about all this: there are people out there believing it!

REALLY!

And I am just frecking happy that there have been no Quassams today...

re: #183 Sharmuta

Some of them want AP kicked off Hot Air, so they post angry comments.

re: #157 The Other Les

Where did they put Shock Treatment?

In the Bomb shelter.

re: #160 Walter L. Newton

Educational material. (by the way, a really bad movie. not even "good" bad, just "bad" bad)

I borrowed a little bit of it for a fan-fiction thing I wrote;

The Lone Sniper was gagged and bound up in a canvas straitjacket, strapped into a wheelchair which was placed in the center of a circular jail cell, which in turn was centered in a white padded room. Through the walls of the room he could hear a mob repeatedly chanting, "Ditzie, Ditzie, we love Ditzie!"

Ditzie burst into the room through the door, she wore a cute black dress with a cute black hat.

"I just wanted to tell you how fabulous I am!" she shouted.

The Lone Sniper woke up screaming.

He was still in Frankie's asteroid base. Perhaps the nightmare was caused by something he ate. Henceforth, the Lone Sniper would avoid the meat loaf at dinner.

re: #186 buzzsawmonkey

Suspense/horror. Frenzy is a terrifying film, though it has almost no blood in it. The people who really knew how to do horror did not need buckets of stage blood; they knew how to get inside your mind.

Hitchcock sure got inside mine when he killed off Kim Novak at the end of Vertigo. I wanted to smash the TV with the coffee table.

/heh

re: #183 Sharmuta

I don't understand people who want to hang out at a blog where they hold the blog owner in such contempt.

I went and looked at some of those comments. It looks like a sizable number of people will be keeping their kids home - not a good plan, imo.

I hope I didn't sound like that on the earlier thread, and maybe I did a bit. I am always aware of my kid's lesson plans and school activities, and when there is something I feel like I need to question or look at more carefully, I do it.

I see no reason NOT to do it with this speech just because it's the President.

re: #189 calcajun

The movie "The Innocents" still gives me the creeps.

Based on the book Turn of the Screw. It's also a stage play.

Charles,

Here's what I found so far regarding the Bush speech to students:

Article: A Visit of Presidential Proportions' Bush to Address Nation's Students From Deal Junior High in NW

The Washington Post; October 1, 1991 ; Lynda Richardson; 689 words ...Alice Deal Junior High School got the once- and twice-over from a White House security...nation's students on live television from an American history classroom at Deal Junior High, in the Tenleytown neighborhood of upper Northwest Washington...

Also mentioned in the Bush Library:

Back to School Address - Alice Deal Jr. High 10/1/91 [OA 8329] [1]

re: #191 Danny

Some of them want AP kicked off Hot Air, so they post angry comments.

Didn't you and I speak about contempt for bloggers already today?

re: #194 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Hitchcock sure got inside mine when he killed off Kim Novak at the end of Vertigo. I wanted to smash the TV with the coffee table.

/heh

Ah, Jimmy Stewart gets girls and chases her out of bell tower.

"Fins! Fins! I never liked her. She didn't bathe!" Harvey Korman.

re: #198 Sharmuta

Yes. Is there a daily limit? :-)

re: #196 Walter L. Newton

I know. But Deborah Kerr had me going as to whether she was mad or if the kids were possessed.

re: #195 reine.de.tout

a sizable number of people will be keeping their kids home

Careful, Obama will be making a list of the children who don't attend and sending his brownshirts to visit their parents!!!112

/

re: #180 ted

IMO, the MSM's smearing of Sarah Palin is directly proportional to their fear of her. Read the latest bizarre hitjob from AP. Also hearsay, vicious gossip.

Levi Johnston: Palin wanted to adopt grandchild

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandchild, said the former Republican vice presidential candidate wanted to adopt his child so that people wouldn't know her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant. In an interview with...

Levi's direct description of conversations he personally took part in is not hearsay.

re: #200 buzzsawmonkey

Hitchcock seemed to enjoy dropping people from a great height. He did it in Vertigo, in Saboteur, in North by Northwest, and--to a lesser extent--in Rear Window.

I love Rear Window. I get nervous and tense every time I see it, and I know how it's gonna end.

re: #200 buzzsawmonkey

Hitchcock seemed to enjoy dropping people from a great height. He did it in Vertigo, in Saboteur, in North by Northwest, and--to a lesser extent--in Rear Window.

Norman Lloyd in "Saboteur", too.
Jimmy Stewart in "Rear Window"

re: #201 Danny

Nope. And in keeping with the fish thread theme: there are plenty of fish in the sea. No reason to hang in a fish school you don't like, you know?

re: #204 sagehen

Levi's direct description of conversations he personally took part in is not hearsay.

No, but if the father of my teenage daughter's baby was like him, I'd try to adopt the kid, too.

He's a creep.

re: #202 calcajun

I know. But Deborah Kerr had me going as to whether she was mad or if the kids were possessed.

The play and the book deal more with the "possible" incestous relationship with the two kids.

re: #200 buzzsawmonkey

Hitchcock seemed to enjoy dropping people from a great height. He did it in Vertigo, in Saboteur, in North by Northwest, and--to a lesser extent--in Rear Window.

and Martin Balsam going down the stairs...

re: #200 buzzsawmonkey

Hitchcock seemed to enjoy dropping people from a great height. He did it in Vertigo, in Saboteur, in North by Northwest, and--to a lesser extent--in Rear Window.

Haven't seen #'s 2 & 4.

He also had the cat burglar dangling from the precipice (and Grant's hand) in To Catch a Thief.

/he knew how to heighten the audience's anxiety

re: #209 buzzsawmonkey

I had those in the post.

Sorry--dyslexia attack. Tath maeks em dam.

re: #209 buzzsawmonkey

I had those in the post.

Barney Frank in Rear View

re: #107 Charles

Oh the irony. "2Brave2Bscared" posting ANNOYMOUS insults in an open thread. So brave...

re: #215 Walter L. Newton

ew. If you take a page from Barney's life, he'll just hire another.

re: #215 Walter L. Newton

Barney Frank in Rear View

Oh look. A gay joke. Those never get old do they?

re: #215 Walter L. Newton

Barney Frank in Rear View

great! I just log on & this is the first thing I read...

re: #208 EmmmieG

No, but if the father of my teenage daughter's baby was like him, I'd try to adopt the kid, too.

He's a creep.

Not a great catch, but there's other fish in the sea.
(I was trying for the oblique semi-pun triple, but couldn't think how to work Bristol Bay into the sentence...)

re: #214 calcajun

Sorry--dyslexia attack. Tath maeks em dam.

Buzz's reply was an example of excellent post facto.

re: #186 buzzsawmonkey

Suspense/horror. Frenzy is a terrifying film, though it has almost no blood in it. The people who really knew how to do horror did not need buckets of stage blood; they knew how to get inside your mind.

Yes, but most went to bed knowing none of what was in those stories could ever happen to us. They were bad people far far away. That was my experience.

Today, it seems, children don't now the difference.

re: #223 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Quite.

re: #204 sagehen

Levi's direct description of conversations he personally took part in is not hearsay.

I would believe Levi as much as Paulie Walnuts.

re: #215 Walter L. Newton

Of all th' CHEEK!
*flounce off*

/... :D ... good one, Walter

re: #161 Killian Bundy

Former Rep. Traficant Leaves Prison After Seven Years

/Hannity's booking agent is probably calling

I hope his toupee had to serve some extra time, because it was really bad.

re: #189 calcajun

The movie "The Innocents" still gives me the creeps.

Because it looked into the soul of evil people with an agenda?

re: #225 calcajun

Quite.

:D ... couldn't resist that, sorry

re: #229 midwestgak

Because it looked into the soul of evil people with an agenda?

Yes-- must be on guard against repressed English governesses.

re: #226 ted

I would believe Levi as much as Paulie Walnuts.

Any one who has his own named tattooed on his arm is either a narcissist, or has some serious memory issues.

re: #232 calcajun

And/or comes from the meth capital of the country..

re: #207 Sharmuta

Nope. And in keeping with the fish thread theme: there are plenty of fish in the sea. No reason to hang in a fish school you don't like, you know?

OMG Sharm..I just cracked 2 ribs falling on the floor laughing..My old bud from College just called me and told me his next big thing was to start a P0rn site..Something about paying 9.99 to watch nasty maids clean houses on the Internet live..
I'm having trouble stop laughing..I've got to call my wife at work...Nastymaids P0rn site...I swear if he pulls up in a Bentley in 6 months I'm going to be really pissed off... Paulie has had a million get rich projects..This one may work..Laughing...The ribs really hurt this time

re: #232 calcajun

Any one who has his own named tattooed on his arm is either a narcissist, or has some serious memory issues.

Exactly...Levi has some serious issues.

re: #234 Diego

And/or comes from the meth capital of the country..

a "cracker" in both senses of the word.

re: #233 buzzsawmonkey

I thought the Gover Ness Monster was a myth.

Whether it is or not, the Scots sure have a Loch on it.

re: #219 Diego

Oh look. A gay joke. Those never get old do they?

Haakondahl decided I'm gay yesterday. Heh. And a Marxist. And bitter. And that I live in a house full of books.

He got the books part right.

re: #231 calcajun

Yes-- must be on guard against repressed English governesses.

Yipes. I was thinking of another Hitchcock thriller. The one where two men hid their victim in a chest and then guests come to visit. Can't recall the name.

re: #233 buzzsawmonkey

I thought the Gover Ness Monster was a myth.

No. She is still in business, but her rates have gone up.

re: #240 Cato the Elder

lol

Barney Frank is gay?

re: #236 HoosierHoops

OMG Sharm..I just cracked 2 ribs falling on the floor laughing..My old bud from College just called me and told me his next big thing was to start a P0rn site..Something about paying 9.99 to watch nasty maids clean houses on the Internet live..
I'm having trouble stop laughing..I've got to call my wife at work...Nastymaids P0rn site...I swear if he pulls up in a Bentley in 6 months I'm going to be really pissed off... Paulie has had a million get rich projects..This one may work..Laughing...The ribs really hurt this time

Link please...My apartment is dirty.

re: #226 ted

I would believe Levi as much as Paulie Walnuts.

A Soprano fan? Only a Soprano fan would recognize that name. heh.

re: #219 Diego

Oh look. A gay joke. Those never get old do they?

Nope. You go with what your audience wants.

re: #244 Shug

Barney Frank is gay?

Ur kidding, right?

re: #240 Cato the Elder

Haakondahl decided I'm gay yesterday. Heh. And a Marxist. And bitter. And that I live in a house full of books.

He got the books part right.

But what would be wrong with being bitter and gay? The Marxist part I might have an issue with...

---

But honestly all of you humanities types with your Joyce and Ovid quoting all over the place are a little suspect of that too... Everyone knows that if you ain't a priest and yer speakin' Latin you're one of them thar commies!

///

re: #247 midwestgak

A Soprano fan? Only a Soprano fan would recognize that name. heh.

Big Time.

re: #240 Cato the Elder

Haakondahl decided I'm gay yesterday. Heh. And a Marxist. And bitter. And that I live in a house full of books.

He got the books part right.

We have over 1500 books here, some rooms are wall to wall bookshelves. Some of the books are gay. And we have a lot of Marxist material, actually tons of it.

So what does that make me?

re: #240 Cato the Elder

Haakondahl decided I'm gay yesterday. Heh. And a Marxist. And bitter. And that I live in a house full of books.

He got the books part right.

"The problem with having long hair is that people might think you’re a Commie fag junkie. Really? What would a Commie fag junkie sound like? 'Workerth of the world unite.'"-- George Carlin

re: #248 Walter L. Newton

Nope. You go with what your audience wants.

And just how do you find that out?
By running a PEW! poll?

/:D

re: #236 HoosierHoops

OMG Sharm..I just cracked 2 ribs falling on the floor laughing..My old bud from College just called me and told me his next big thing was to start a P0rn site..Something about paying 9.99 to watch nasty maids clean houses on the Internet live..
I'm having trouble stop laughing..I've got to call my wife at work...Nastymaids P0rn site...I swear if he pulls up in a Bentley in 6 months I'm going to be really pissed off... Paulie has had a million get rich projects..This one may work..Laughing...The ribs really hurt this time

Is he hiring?

/Kidding! Maybe...

re: #244 Shug

Yep.

re: #252 Walter L. Newton

We have over 1500 books here, some rooms are wall to wall bookshelves. Some of the books are gay. And we have a lot of Marxist material, actually tons of it.

So what does that make me?

Yeah but those are comic books :)

Said with a smile, meant as a joke.

re: #205 reine.de.tout

I love Rear Window. I get nervous and tense every time I see it, and I know how it's gonna end.

I love the scene when Grace is in the other apartment and she holds her hand behind her back with the wedding ring and he sees her point at it! Nooo!

re: #240 Cato the Elder

Haakondahl decided I'm gay yesterday. Heh. And a Marxist. And bitter. And that I live in a house full of books.

He got the books part right.

uh-oh.
I've got a house-full of books too.
Well, they're actually mostly in the dining room. Which we can't use for actual dining because of the books.
I'm in a heap o' trouble.

re: #251 ted

Big Time.

Long term parking.

Evening/whatever folks:)

Glastonbury festival 2000 - The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel

I have a house full of books, and one of them is yours!

re: #259 reine.de.tout

uh-oh.
I've got a house-full of books too.
Well, they're actually mostly in the dining room. Which we can't use for actual dining because of the books.
I'm in a heap o' trouble.

re: #236 HoosierHoops

OMG Sharm..I just cracked 2 ribs falling on the floor laughing..My old bud from College just called me and told me his next big thing was to start a P0rn site..Something about paying 9.99 to watch nasty maids clean houses on the Internet live..
I'm having trouble stop laughing..I've got to call my wife at work...Nastymaids P0rn site...I swear if he pulls up in a Bentley in 6 months I'm going to be really pissed off... Paulie has had a million get rich projects..This one may work..Laughing...The ribs really hurt this time

Your friend might have a good idea there, kinkiness factor is high on that business plan.

re: #258 debutaunt